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Would you paint your dining room walls Black Cherry?

I am getting ready to paint my dining room. I want to do the walls Black Cherry with a white chair rail, with the trim in the room black. My dining room is 12'x12' with a 10' ceiling, it is open to my kitchen which is black and white.
What do you think of this idea?
Do you think it will make the room too dark?
Should I maybe only do part of the wall in the black cherry and the rest of the wall a different color?

I would only do one, maybe two (parallel) walls in that dark of color in that size room. When you go too dark in a small room it will make it look even smaller!! But by just doing one or two walls, you will get the same effect you're looking for without reducing your room size.

I helped paint my friends dining room dark red. We went with a white primer and did a test spot and it was almost a dark pink. We then used a dark primer and it came out a beautiful deep red. Ask your local home depot or lowes for tips with primers to get a true deep cherry red.

That is a great color but with a room of 12 x 12 it will look smaller eve though you have high ceilings. I would consider doing two walls or partial in that color. You can bring in accessories to match if you choose to only do half walls. Make sure to use a dark primer so it will turn out exactly how you want it. Good Luck and let us know what you decided to do.